Those who have de restricted an E bike was it worth it ?

[mobile chicane22]

I’m talking about bikes that were built by the manufacturer as e bikes e.g specalized’s turbo range of e bikes not some random kit of Amazon / Temu.

I haven’t done it and all I really wasn’t is assistance up to 20 mph rather than the 15.5 it currently has.

It will be out of warranty soon so no issues there, and I have the common sense to use the extra oomph only when appropriate.

No throttle wanted I have motorbikes for that.

So did you do it was it worth it ?

[ahelaborate]

Yes, absolutely brilliant. 15mph is just too slow. Highly recommended.

[mattvanders]

Yes, bought a bike with it already fitted (spesh kenevo) but have ridden friends bike that aren’t restricted aswell. Biggest benefit isn’t to power up hills but when rolling into a jump and need to put an extra crank in - a lot more safe

[gangzoom]

I had a modified Fazua commuter bike for 18 months or so. I fell off it twice quite badly, though not directly related to speed I certainly feel safer now that I cannot hit 20mph with zero effort.

Last 12 months all my eBikes have all being unmodded. It's actually made no difference to the speed of my commute, infact my stock Vado is faster than driving even when there is no school rush our traffic.

[Robertb]

ahelaborate said:

Yes, absolutely brilliant. 15mph is just too slow. Highly recommended.

I can imagine that 15mph limit is really annoying. Plus I've noticed on the e-bikes I've rented/borrowed getting them much above 16mph on the flat seems to take more effort than a normal bike as it bleeds the assist away (though I've not yet tried an e-Road bike)